“At least no lions were killed,” wrote a commenter identified as Mainjane in The Post’s reader responses to a photo gallery of that event. (Uschi Wallisser, Stuttgart, Germany)
As for Trump’s capitulation to Iran, Graeme Wood in The Atlantic recognized: “Normally one would have to pay a lot of money to a discreet professional to be humiliated this badly.” (Chip Visci, Shell Beach, Calif., and Dan Woog, Westport, Conn., among others)
In her newsletter, Mary Geddry rolled her eyes at Trump’s triumphalism about the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz — which was closed because of his own actions: “This is a little like setting your kitchen on fire, holding a press conference when the sprinklers turn on, and announcing that your administration has achieved historic moisture.” (Miriam Bulmer, Mercer Island, Wash., and Bob Maier, Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
In The Times, Bret Stephens concluded: “Tehran took the measure of Trump’s courage. What it found was a bone spur.” (Alan Stamm, Birmingham, Mich., and Marion Kelly, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, among others)
In a subsequent column, Bret implored Republicans to confront rather than rationalize Trump’s outrages: “For 10 years, I’ve watched my former political party work overtime not to cringe; to pretend that the Vesuvius of verbal infamies erupting daily from Trump’s mouth is either unimportant, or hilarious, or calculating and shrewd. Republicans turned their tolerance for the president’s mental goo into a shot-drinking contest — the more you drank, the manlier you were supposed to be.” He later added: “Ronald Reagan predicted, correctly, that the Soviet Union would end up on the ash heap of history; now it’s our turn to risk winding up on the ash heap of idiocy.” (Karl Wozniak, Salem, Ore., and Phillip Riback, Manhattan, among others)
